First mixtest here! (Threat Signal cover content)

[trig]

Recorded a Threat Signal cover to improve my mixing/recording. The song is called "A New Beginning". Its not 100% how they play it, but kind of close. My first try at synths as well..

Have a listen and any feedback is more than welcome:
A new beginning DOWNLOAD
(you might have to wait a few seconds for it to load)

You can hear the original at their myspace: MySpace.com - Threat Signal (writing new album) - Hamilton, CA - Metal / Death Metal / Rock - www.myspace.com/threatsignal

Thanks!

 

[Apophis]

sounds nice

 

[trig]

thanks


recording setup in detail:
EZ DFH
Absynth

cleans: ada mp-1 voodoo mod through rocktron chameleon's cab sim + eq

all other guitar parts: caparison dellinger hgs --> m-audio FW-410 --> guitar rig3

 

[thedonutman]

Hey,

Can you tell us more about your GR3 and DFH settings?

Thanks,

Sounds great by the way

 

[trig]

thedonutman: thanks

ill post the settings + gr3 bank once I get home

 

[trig]

the GR3 preset was based on something I found here on the forum, modified it slightly to sit in the mix and reduced the gain. Ill attach both the bank and the screenshot. The bank is HERE

as for DFH, I used the default Sonor set with the 22 Sonor plastic beater with damped extreme eq kickdrum. The snare was 14 Pearl. I usually set the mixer to multichannel, but for this I guess I used the stereo with Cubase's own compressor. Both settings are on the screenshot.

 

[Metaljim]

Sounds good man.

 

[Uber Mega]

Sounds good, guitars sound a bit too washy, wet and loose IMO, and you can instantly tell they're GR3. The mix was good otherwise though!

 

[trig]

I believe that there is a certain level of quality you can achieve easily with GR3, but it isnt all the way near the "real thing". Nevertheless, I have some room for improvement.

I have the guitars recorded dry as well, so I'll run/reamp them through my ENGL E530 preamp in the near future for comparison.